On the Record

Field notes on making regulated operations legible, governable, and ready for AI — from the team building Foundation at Trucast. Written as we go, and no filler.

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Last published: August 17, 2026

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AttributionAugust 17, 20264 min read

The autonomy dial measures the wrong thing

Agent strategy keeps arriving as a question of how much autonomy to grant. Autonomy sets the control expectation. Attribution is how you meet it.

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The register describes a firm that no longer exists

Third-party risk is captured point-in-time and consumed as if it were current. Pointing AI at it does not fix that. It makes the staleness fluent.

Third-Party RiskAug 17, 20264 min read

The copy is the risk

Most AI programs in regulated firms open by copying data somewhere a model can reach it. That copy is a second system of record, and it inherits every obligation of the first.

Data ProvenanceAug 17, 20264 min read

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